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THE<br />
AGENDA<br />
13. SIGNATURE STYLE<br />
A partnership between one of the world’s leading design minds and a heritage<br />
brand famous for its craftsmanship was always going to cause waves, writes<br />
13<br />
Jeffrey Chinn. So it’s no surprise that the collaboration between Marc Newson<br />
and Montblanc is attracting attention as a reinvention of a classic, reworking<br />
the world of luxury writing instruments and moving it into brand new territory.<br />
Described as the one of the most influential designers of his generation,<br />
Newson has brought his revolutionary eye to writing accessories, working with<br />
Montblanc to engineer a pen that’s not only striking to look at, but intuitively<br />
simple to use. Says Newson of the Montblanc M range: “Writing becomes a<br />
sensory experience.” Featuring a seamlessly polished shape, an engraved<br />
ruthenium and rhodium nib, and a magnetic cap that slides perfectly into<br />
place, this is set to become a classic. The full range includes a fountain pen,<br />
rollerball, ballpoint, screenwriter, and a fineliner for technical drawing.<br />
Marc Newson Montblanc M, from £236, www.hettich.co.uk<br />
14. BOTTOMS UP<br />
As more and more designer brands take note of the<br />
men’s fashion underwear market, D Hedral goes<br />
well beyond the basics to provide underwear that<br />
looks great and keeps the masculine form in mind.<br />
Hailed as the new ‘Wonderbra of men’s underwear’,<br />
D Hedral’s innovative, patented, bum-boosting<br />
AngleFit technology – an angled Y-band at the back –<br />
creates the perfect fit for the manly derrière. Moving<br />
past all the cheesy gimmicks promising to ‘enhance’<br />
this or ‘lift’ that, this seamless underwear is designed<br />
quite simply to be a man’s second skin. Three bum<br />
shapes define the angles and are divided into groups<br />
according to roundness – slim, average and full.<br />
Traditional underwear only accounts for waistline<br />
measurements, but with D Hedral’s premium pants,<br />
after selecting your usual waist size, you choose<br />
your actual bum size. Pictured here, made from<br />
knitted seamless lightweight Italian microfibre,<br />
the white-on-white Gigolo Joe II trunk is an<br />
easy-to-wear classic. As the brand’s advertising<br />
logo states: ‘AngleFit re-curves a classic’.<br />
£35, www.dhedral.com<br />
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www.blglobal.co.uk january/february 2016 79<br />
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